Shania Twain gets candid about divorce from ex-husband Mutt Lange in new documentary

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Shania Twain gave fans a deeper look into her life with her recently released Netflix documentary Not Just a Girl, and opened up about one of the most difficult periods of her life.MORE: Shania Twain shares revealing insight into rarely seen son EjaThe singer opened up about her rough divorce from first husband Mutt Lange while she was also dealing with Lyme disease.VIDEO: Trailer for Shania Twain's new Netflix documentaryWhile healing through a rough patch in her career due to her diagnosis, she discovered that her husband had an extramarital affair with her best friend at the time, Marie-Anne Thiébaud."In that search to determine what was causing this lack of control with my voice and this change in my voice, I was facing a divorce,"  Shania stated in the documentary.

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And I just don't see any point in going on with a music career." Shania has been married to Frederic Thiébaud since 2011The two then divorced in 2008, and the loss not only proved difficult for the singer personally, but also professionally, given that Mutt had helped shape the sound of her most successful records."When I lost Mutt, I guess I thought…I was thinking that the grief of that was… It was similarly intense to losing my parents.

And you know, it was like a death," she said. MORE: Shania Twain shares emotional trailer for new Netflix documentary Not Just A GirlMORE: Shania Twain looks unbelievable in uncharacteristically laid-back look - and wow!"It was like the death was the end, a permanent end to so many facets of my life.